WASHINGTON: Donald Trump's former doctor, Ronny Jackson, said on Saturday that the former president is recovering as expected from a gunshot wound to his ear last week, but noted that there was bleeding in between and that Trump may need a hearing test.
A gunshot fired by an assassin at a July 13 Trump rally in Pennsylvania came “less than a quarter of an inch from entering his head” before striking Trump above his right ear, said Jackson, a Republican congressman from Texas. As a physician to Presidents Trump and Barack Obama.
Five days after narrowly avoiding assassination, Trump on Thursday accepted the Republican Party's presidential nomination for the Nov. 5 election.
“The bullet track produced a 2 (centimeter) wide wound that extended to the cartilaginous surface,” Jackson said in a letter posted on social media Saturday, providing the first public description of Trump's gunshot wound by a medical professional. ears.”
“Initially there was significant bleeding, followed by swelling over the entire upper ear. The swelling has subsided, and the wound has begun to granulate and heal well,” he wrote.
Jackson said Trump's wounds have been assessed and treated daily since the shooting. He said no sutures were necessary, but noted that “due to the highly vascular nature of the ear, there is still bleeding in the middle which requires a dressing.”
“He will undergo further evaluation, including a comprehensive hearing exam as needed,” Jackson added.
Trump told an audience at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Thursday about the assassination attempt, saying he was only there “by the grace of God Almighty.”
“I heard a loud noise and I felt something really hard in my right ear,” he said, with a thick bandage still covering his ear. “I said to myself, 'Wow, what was that? It could just be a bullet.'
